Pirate: Eternal

Chapter 168 I treat you as my younger brother

"Remember your theory?"

Vegapunk said nonchalantly.

"Which one are you talking about?"

Vlad was completely confused. He had many theories, including nonsense, seriousness, conjecture, etc...

Bei: "Extract the bloodline factors of people with different abilities, improve and optimize them, fuse them together and give them to another life form."

Fu: "Superman type meat ball fruit?"

Bei: "Yes, now this fruit has been eaten by others. I have extracted the blood factors of its ability users. After many experiments, I found that this path is feasible, but there are still certain hidden dangers and instability. .”

F: "What do you mean?"

Bei: "The same Devil Fruit is eaten by different people, and there are certain differences. We can also try to extract the factors of the flesh ball fruit itself."

F: "I understand."

Bei: "Waiting for your good news."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Vlad remembered that Vegapunk had told him in the past that the Meat Ball Fruit was a devil fruit involving the cellular level, and unexpected surprises might occur when paired with the bloodline factor.

Now it seems that this theory is feasible, but due to Bartholomew Bear's ability, certain changes occurred in the middle.

What Vegapunk meant was that he needed to use the power of the Dark Fruit to take the Meat Ball Fruit out of Bartholomew Bear's body.

He wants to experiment with the meatball fruit itself!

"Looks like I have to go to Margioia."

If nothing else goes wrong, Bartholomew Bear should now be the mount of the Draconian Roswader Saint in Mary Jo, and the Revolutionary Army is also planning a rescue operation against him.

After determining the next course of action, Vlad turned to look at the Straw Hats, thinking about how to deal with them.

Before traveling through time, he understood the world of pirates through the perspective of this group of people. If there weren't major conflicts and hatred, it would be difficult to kill them.

The most important thing is that the blood factor after Luffy's awakening is still needed, and if there is a conflict with the world government due to interests one day in the future, this child of destiny will be needed to take over...

But if he doesn't handle it well, the group may trick him to death if he's not careful. After all, what he does is not very consistent with the group's philosophy.

It seems that the only options are Stockholm and PUA.

Vlad picked up the fruit knife placed on the table, and walked towards them slowly with murderous intent on his face.

"No!"

"We are innocent!"

"Am I going to die? Doctor Dori..."

The weak trio suddenly burst into tears and squirmed like maggots.

Luffy and the others didn't speak, they just stared at Vlad with wide eyes, as if carefully experiencing the last moments before the end of their lives.

Vlad raised the fruit knife and put it on Luffy's neck. After hesitating for a long time, he still didn't cut it, and his body started to tremble slightly.

"Vlad, if killing me makes you feel better, please do it."

Sensing his hesitation, Luffy raised his head and bared his teeth in a smile.

Pata-

Tears fell from Vlad's face as he thought of his grandmother who passed away in Blue Star.

Throwing away the fruit knife, he hugged Luffy fiercely, tears and mucus gushing out like water, and his voice was hoarse.

"I can't do it!

Ace is my partner and brother. When I learned that you were his brother, I already regarded you as my own brother. How could I attack my brother!

Luffy, please forgive me, I actually wanted to hurt you, I really deserve to die!

Luffy, tell me, what should I do..."

Vlad's voice became hoarse, and in the end he couldn't even speak, and only choked sobs could be heard in Luffy's ears.

"Vlad..."

Luffy also choked up, but didn't know what to say to comfort this man.

The scenes in Alabasta came to mind. Vlad always had a gentle smile on his face, the food he cooked was delicious, and he was very considerate of others...

Is a very gentle man.

Fate is too unfair to him!

But, from today on, Vlad is his third brother after Ace and Sabo!

"You should leave now while no one else is here."

Seeing that it was almost brewing, Vlad picked up the fruit knife, covered it with armed color, and cut off the thorn vines and transparent silk threads tied to them.

"But what will you do if we leave?"

Luffy stretched out his hand to wipe the tears that overflowed from the corners of his eyes, and looked at Vlad with concern.

"fine."

Vlad reached out and rubbed Luffy's head, comforting him.

"I'm very powerful, Doflamingo can't hurt me."

After saying that, he turned directly to the dining table, wrapped the food on it with a tablecloth, handed it to Luffy, and climbed out of the window with them.

Just when he was about to step out of the window sill, Luffy suddenly stopped and said worriedly: "Vlad, do you know where Tela Nan, Momo, and Kinemon are? I have to take them with me."

Vlad was stunned for a moment, then realized: "Are you talking about the hat man from the Shichibukai and the two samurai, one big and one small?"

"Yeah!" Luffy nodded, "Do you know where they are? They are with us."

"Sorry, Luffy."

Vlad's expression suddenly darkened and he said with hatred.

"Hat Man, I can help you rescue him, but those two warriors can't leave."

"Why?" Sauron was confused.

Vlad frowned, with a very painful expression on his face, as if he was remembering some nightmare past.

“When the Roger Pirates attacked our village, it was because of a pirate named Kozuki Oden. Momonosuke was his son, and Kinemon was his subordinate. There is irresolvable hatred between them and me.

Luffy, if you think of me as your brother, please don't get involved in this! "

As he spoke, Vlad's muscles all over his body tensed up. If Luffy didn't listen, he would have no choice but to beat them to death.

Kinemon has been slaughtered by Pan, and his head is gone. Momonosuke will definitely hate them all for this, and he must not let him go. There is no room for negotiation on this matter.

"Let's go, Luffy!"

Seeing that Luffy was still hesitating, Zoro grabbed him.

"Sorry Luffy, I can forgive Ace because we have become brothers with him. I can't do it, but I will never forgive these two people!"

Seeing that Luffy didn't contradict him from the beginning, Vlad struck while the iron was hot.

After a fierce inner struggle, Luffy finally chose his third brother, gritted his teeth and nodded towards Vlad.